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Visiting Research Scholar of IIBS: Mr. Claudio Cicuzza (Dept. of Oriental Studies, Univ. of Rome).
Mr. Cicuzza is in the course of completing his dissertation in Indology under the supervision of Prof. Raniero Gnoli, and is at present working on Abhisamayalankara-vritti by Arya Vimuktisena. He has been a collaborator of the research project "Rite and Speculation in Texts of the late Indian Buddhist Tradition" directed by Prof. Gnoli. He is scheduled to stay from Oct. 2. to Dec. 31.
2000-2001 IIBS Special Lecture Series No.2 (on Nov. 21):
"South-East Asia and its place in Buddhist studies" Lecturer: Mr. Peter Skilling (Curator for Fragile Palm Leaves Project under auspices of the Pali Text Society)



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